After paying largest criminal fine ever, BP will still receive federal contracts →

Despite paying $4.5 billion, including a record $1.26 billion criminal fine, BP will not be prohibited from receiving future government contracts because it is too big to debar. Federal contractors of a certain size get a pass on fraudulent or even criminal actions because the government relies so heavily on their services. Read more at Bloomberg Businessweek.

Nov 16, 2012 9:32am
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    At least they’ll think twice of doing a sloppy job.
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    Let them fail, we’ll figure something out.
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    That’s good. They should...continue to drill. Accidents happen. Maybe it wouldn’t have...
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